Virtual Wifi Miniport adaptor - Hostednetwork will not start

Hi, I'm trying to use a W520 with Thinkpad 1x1 11bgn Wireless LAN PCI Express half mini card to create a hotspot on the laptop itself. I'm trying to use a program called Connectify that handles the setup as a full Access Point. This will allow the other wifi devices to connect directly to the laptop wirelessly without a router.
The problem is that I can't activate the Thinkpad hostednetwork feature that is required for the inital setup. This is done through the Command Prompt text window. When I try to start the hosted network the error says the "group or resource is not in the correct state". I've got the latest wifi driver and a check of the driver says it supports hosted networks.
See http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/3849841/How-to-Create-Wireless-Hosted-Networks-in-W... as an example.
Anyone else had success or otherwise?
W500 4063 34M T9600 2.8GHz, Bios 2.4, Win 7 64 Pro, 4GB RAM, ATI Radeon 3650 1920x1200, 500GB 7200rpm HDD
W520 4270CTO i7 2720QM, Bios 1.3, Win7 64 Pro, 8GB RAM, NV 2000M 2GB 1920x1080, 500GB 7200rpm HDD, Power Manager 3.62

Hi, I'm trying to use a W520 with Thinkpad 1x1 11bgn Wireless LAN PCI Express half mini card to create a hotspot on the laptop itself. I'm trying to use a program called Connectify that handles the setup as a full Access Point. This will allow the other wifi devices to connect directly to the laptop wirelessly without a router.
The problem is that I can't activate the Thinkpad hostednetwork feature that is required for the inital setup. This is done through the Command Prompt text window. When I try to start the hosted network the error says the "group or resource is not in the correct state". I've got the latest wifi driver and a check of the driver says it supports hosted networks.
See http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/3849841/How-to-Create-Wireless-Hosted-Networks-in-W... as an example.
Anyone else had success or otherwise?
W500 4063 34M T9600 2.8GHz, Bios 2.4, Win 7 64 Pro, 4GB RAM, ATI Radeon 3650 1920x1200, 500GB 7200rpm HDD
W520 4270CTO i7 2720QM, Bios 1.3, Win7 64 Pro, 8GB RAM, NV 2000M 2GB 1920x1080, 500GB 7200rpm HDD, Power Manager 3.62

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    IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.110.250
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
    Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : ibm.com
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Mobile Connection
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-25-13-96-AF
    Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
    IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.102
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
    DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 65.24.7.3
    Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, January 11, 2006 3:40:08 AM
    Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, January 12, 2006 3:40:08 AM
    Ethernet adapter AGN Virtual Network Adapter:
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : ibm.com
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : AGN Virtual Network Adapter
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-01
    Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
    IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 9.49.217.159
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
    DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 9.49.217.159
    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 9.0.2.1
    9.0.3.1
    Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:06:20 AM
    Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 18, 2038 10:14:07 PM

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